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in reply to a message by Audwin
Aude is actually a French feminine form of Aldo. Aldo itself is an Italian male name derived from Germanic adal "noble" (cognate with Old English æðel "noble"). The element aud could therefore be an adaptation of either Aude or adal direct.
The second element may be from Old English wine "friend", yes. But given Aud's Germanic roots, I think it's more likely -win's from the Germanic cognate of wine, which is simply win or perhaps wine "friend".
Putting this all together, I would speculate that your name means "noble friend" in Germanic.
EDIT: Also, I have to ask you not to use All Caps when you're typing. It's considered the Internet equivalent of shouting, and is therefore considered rather rude.
Miranda
"You've been downgraded to a class three tropical storm." -- My mother to my father, re: Hurricane Dennis
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The second element may be from Old English wine "friend", yes. But given Aud's Germanic roots, I think it's more likely -win's from the Germanic cognate of wine, which is simply win or perhaps wine "friend".
Putting this all together, I would speculate that your name means "noble friend" in Germanic.
EDIT: Also, I have to ask you not to use All Caps when you're typing. It's considered the Internet equivalent of shouting, and is therefore considered rather rude.
Miranda
"You've been downgraded to a class three tropical storm." -- My mother to my father, re: Hurricane Dennis
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
This message was edited 7/13/2005, 4:45 PM
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